LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 61, 30 March 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Footballer Injured. Bligkt concusBion i'rom a blow on the head was suifered by a junior footballer, W. McDonald, of Wellesley road, Napier, in the curtain-raiser to the Kapier H.S.O.B.-W ellington College O.B. liugby match on McLean Park, Napier, on Saturday. MeDonald was rendered unconscious, and after treatment by ofihcerg of the St. Johu Ainbulance Brigade was taken home. Sowiling Tourneys. At the Manawatu Bowling Gentre >a Easter tournament King (Hastings) and Bissell (Kia Toa) have r.eaehed the post-seetion play, which started this morning. Danvers (Port Ahuriri) did not qualify. In the Burton Gup touruey at Gisborne, Kruse had three wins the flrst day, ahd Parkinson two wins and one losa. Demand for Taxis. Never before in the history of Napier haB there been Buch a buay Easter for taxi-drivers. All through the holiday period their cars have been in constant demand, mainiy by visitors to the town who were not quite sure of their way around. Sleepy eyes and rather haggard faces told their own story so far as the drivers were concerned, and more than one man Baid that meals and proper sleep were out of the question because of the incessant .demand for taxis. Workers Wanted for N.Z. An indieation of the Bhortage of skilled tradesman in New Zealand — mainiy the result of the shorter working week and of its effect on manufacturers— is ' given by the f ollowing advertisement which appeared recently in the Sydney Morning Herald: "Spend a year in New Zealand. pare paid one way. Kew Zealand 's leading motor-body works requires panel beaterS, painters, repair men and . coachsmiths. Young men who have just completed their time preferred. Five-day, 40-hour week. Highest wages and good conditions." "False Alarm.' ' A false flre alarm of which the Napier Fire Brigade knows nothing is still puzzling several Carlyle street residents in Napier. Yesterday afternoon at about 1.45 the strident sound of a siren startled the street, which was dozing in the hot sun. Dozens of people appeared in the street, some with liair in eurling-pins, one with a dish mop in her hand, and all looking to the western end of the street, whence came the sound. After a long wait the puzzled people returned to their homes, unaware that Main Highways Board Traffic Inspector J. H. R. Semple had set off in pursuit of a cai*, the siren of his vehicle sounding nolsily. Land in Movement. The constant movement Of an area of land at Pakihikura, a country district about 20 miles out from. Hunterville, was brought to the notice of a HeraldTribune representative Who recently visi.ted that area. Many years ago a huge hili slipped and a block of land sank about 30 feet, shifting the road away several hundred yards. Since then the land 's surface has been continually changing: fences have been made several timea} trees that were planted in an attempt to prevent slipping have been moved hundreds of yards; and the road, which had to be remade, is continually changing and is now full of hairpin bends. The total area Of land involved in this movement exceeds 12 acres. A settler who had not visited fche area for several weeka found several astonishing changes had taken place in his abSOnce.